Company Description
It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — Service Now stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.
Job Description
The Technical Support Engineer is part of a global organization entrusted as a technical resource to guide our customers during critical issues to ensure a timely and effective case resolution. In support engineering, the customer and their positive experience are paramount and central to our daily efforts. Service Now support engineering is integral to the success of our customers, as well as to the health of Service Now.
In this role, the Support Engineer will resolve technical cases created by customers looking for help to understand or troubleshoot unexpected behaviors or to answer technical questions about the Service Now software and platform. A successful candidate will be committed to providing amazing customer support experiences, using skills that include building trust, showing empathy, and excellent communication to answer customer questions and resolve issues through various technologies including web, chat, email, case updates, as well as direct telephone support. Understanding the Service Now platform and all core functionalities will be essential while employing various diagnostic tools to isolate the potential cause of the issue. The engineer is expected to diligently manage and resolve challenging issues assigned to them but may need to coordinate assistance from additional teams for more complex cases. As such, creative problem-solving, a collaborative nature, and flexibility will be key to your success. Lastly, Support Engineers also play a key role in providing input across business units regarding process and product improvements due to their unique perspective when working on technical issues for customers. Opportunity This position requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science and 0 to 2 years of related experience, as well as fluency in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. The ideal candidate for this position is an engineer with a strong background in database technologies, performance analysis, and strong troubleshooting skills. The candidate must have a passion for chasing issues of complex systems running under dynamic, real-world loads. We are looking for individuals who can successfully diagnose the entire technology stack, from the front end to the back end, to determine where to start troubleshooting an issue. This is a customer-facing role and therefore it requires strong interpersonal skills in addition to strong technical skills. The Technical Support Engineer must be able to work outside of normal business hours (evening/weekend shifts, holidays) as needed. Those we hire will be trained and mentored in these technologies as appropriate by our senior staff and will work to support a growing base of Service Now customers. Successful candidates will enjoy a generous earning potential and the chance to expand their role in the company as we grow. Responsibilities
Assist customers on critical issues and high-priority cases to provide a best-in-class support experience.
Communicate with customers and our teams through case, phone, and other digital methods.
Manage customers' expectations and experience in a way that results in high customer satisfaction.
Assess, troubleshoot, resolve, and provide root cause analysis for Service Now Product issues.
Understand our platform, cloud technologies, and troubleshooting practices to ensure the successful resolution of challenging technical situations.
Collaborate with other internal teams on complex issues that require cross-SME skills.
Contribute to the growth of best practices for the delivery of support services.
Maintain technical expertise in assigned areas of product functionality and share this knowledge via mentoring and training sessions with other engineers.
Suggest and implement improvements to internal processes and work on technical and non-technical projects.
Create proactive scripts to automate repetitive tasks or scripts to enable faster troubleshooting.
Write knowledge base materials dedicated towards operational efficiency while also empowering and enabling the customers.
Maintain impeccable case hygiene and customer-related files and records.
Working 5-day shifts that can be across Monday to Sunday as needed.
Qualifications To be successful in this role you have:
0-2 years of customer-facing technical support experience
Strong Communication skills to articulate technical details with customers, TSEs, other SME teams, and internal leaders in a way that can be clearly understood.
Ability to troubleshoot difficult technical issues with ease and complexity
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate solutions to complex technical problems
Strong personal commitment to quality and customer service
Ability to troubleshoot multiple difficult technical issues with ease and complexity
Advanced understanding of Java Script
SQL, TCP/IP, Networking knowledge
Ability to read advanced programming languages, with exposure to broader infrastructure services, operating systems, hardware, and networking
Ability to discuss issues with the customer and development team and provide solutions to customer cases
Personal commitment to quality and customer service
Required Skills To be successful in this role, the candidate must have:
Proficiency in Portuguese, English, and Spanish is required, encompassing fluent abilities in reading, writing, and speaking
Strong Experience with relational databases (e.g. My SQL, Oracle)
Experience diagnosing performance-related issues and SQL tuning
Well-built experience in several development projects coding in Java language
Hands-on experience in one (or more) scripting languages: Java Script, Python, Perl, Unix Shell, Windows Shell)
Advanced Unix/Linux experience
Working knowledge of the components in a web applications stack
Monitoring of large and scalable systems, applications, and networks
Capability
Strong personal commitment to quality and customer service
Uncompromising attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate solutions to complex technical problems
Ability to work with high-value customer administrators and developers
Excellent time management skills
Demonstrated ability to understand the problem statement and troubleshoot complex technical issues with ease
Ability to multi-task and efficiently manage case backlog
Experience working well in a team environment while also being able to work productively while unsupervised
Should be a team player working efficiently in a collaborative environment
Leading investigation and resolving complex issues and escalations while demonstrating exceptional technical understanding, of business processes and customer needs in a timely manner
Flexibility to work occasional weekends and evenings as needed
Desired Skills The following additional skills are preferred but not required:
Experience providing Saa S / Paa S support
A fundamental understanding of IT service management and the ITIL business process
Fluid experience writing or debugging Object Oriented code (Java preferred, other relevant technologies ok)
Experience working with dynamic HTML components: AJAX, Java Script, Angular JS, CSS, XML, HTML, XHTML
Experience using tools like Splunk/Wireshark and understanding common Saa S cloud and on-premise infrastructure components.